title: Multiple injuries in a 3-year-old Nigerian girl: an extreme form of physical abuse.
abstract: Physical abuse and other forms of child maltreatment occur worldwide. However, in developing countries such as Nigeria they are not often considered in the differential diagnosis. A 3-year-old girl is presented who sustained injuries including traumatic teeth extraction, multiple bruises, femoral shaft fracture and haemorrhage resulting in severe anaemia as a result of physical assault by her father. This case underscores the need for the implementation of appropriate legislation to combat child maltreatment in Nigeria.
authors.affiliation: Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital, Ile-Ife, Nigeria.
authors.forename: Oladele Simeon
authors.initials: OS
authors.lastname: Olatunya
authors.forename: Saheed
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Oseni
authors.forename: Lawrence
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Oginni
authors.forename: Oyeku Akibu
authors.initials: OA
authors.lastname: Oyelami
authors.forename: Titilayo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ibidapo
mesh_terms: D002649:Child Abuse / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005269:Femur / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D009104:Multiple Trauma / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology*; D009549:Nigeria; D011859:Radiography